Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-07-08
A HELPMEET INDEED.

NOTWITHSTANDING tOWn5, tncfo Btnll0B an
imposing residence OF brown stono,
elevated by terraces nbovo tho road.
surrounded by stately trees. and with m
extent OF garden stretching on nll Sides.
had boon employed In panol-piIntinK
ono of tho large bedrooms for some weeks,
and my curiosity and interest had becr,
oxcitod BY the fact that tho master Of
tho house. Mr. Joseph Randall. was q
tall. handsome man of loss than flfty
ycars, whilo his wlfo was certalnly
twenty years older, q fceblo old womnn.
iot never were any young couple more
seemingly devoted than this oddly-con-
trasted pair; md 1. living In tho house,
With constant occupation thore. certainly
had good opportunity for witnessing
any matrimonial difforcuces. had any
existed.
Whom my Work was done, / returned
to my o%n homo. and several months
later, by quito an accident, ffUt noccs-
hary to record horo. leafnSd the story
Of Mr. Hsndalrs n,arriagof
From .cSfly boyhood hs w6s 6 "no'er-
do-wefl." Money rnn thto,fgll his fingers
like sand and hstcf his father. fiis gran .
father. and his uhcle HID taciI stnrted
him In business only to end IN failure.
the family decided tlfat he would mover
DO good fof anything.
He was very handsome man, with q
college education, tho instincts and
fnanners OF gentlem6n, and kindly I'm
feelingi BIT he was gootiehssdeed. trust
full, md too easily influenced by whooyor
took tho trouble to dictnto to him.
At thltty no found himself bankrupt.
out OF business, and Without my de.
finite psGsfects; and whilo ho' Was scrl.
of his difficulties. no received nm
invitation 10 visit an old flfdhd In
Graneley. pretty village near tRe sen.
He found Grantley nt the litiEht Of
It's summer season. and his oWIp Qftrac-
tions very readily Acknowledged BY tho
ladIts who danced with him, lliftesf with
n ftlss IT, geEQlled on tho beach by moonlight
WITH. Eihi. and aceee2t1d his gracafif at
te1tmhs with smiling pleasur6:~-
F was here that he wns inttotinted to-
Miss Stisan Hnrte and her niecc a1itl sup
posSH Mistress, Miss Maude Ma4Soii.
FEe5 were ladies Of position, faflned
dhd graceful; tho younger ono foYcly In
the fSoshness Of hcF youth. pfotty
blonde faco. and slender figure; the
oldeP one stately and dikhlflcd, showing
In every word a cultivated lntcHoct and
BStohE common-sense.
:. Bob' White Mr. RnndGH's frfehd, after
tEs MHoduction. spoKs his maau with
9fahR X Vulgar freedom:
up III, IOt' tn0 nolre9S, JOe.' They
ssJ, She' old lady Is worth a qui,fter OF a
niflitoH:. and Miss Mauds. is hef only rels.
ttSe. Anyone can sce that they afe de-
voteH 10 each other"
And Gaiyone could nlsD $50 ovdfry evl
dencS of wealth In their sufroundlhHs.
Thcir own cartilage, With tyo, tiagni-
ncens h0tses. was with thBm for their
daily use, their costumes were of the
most costly mG.eMals, their ;ewclry
was ssiyefb: A lstly's mafT attended
them; dnd they occlfpied on ehtisS suite
OF rooms at the only hotel.
F1endship led to Intimacy, aid Mr.
pandaN did try to fasciil2te tHe. ReIrs,ss,
~hosY sffnpering prettlhess covertsi'
eoli hustt and q oommHh-pInce mind.
TSdfG55 We'll, to b6 d centro of 6Strfic-
fioh, for bowling bcaiis, We're thU objucts
Of For ambition, and her conversation
nevor rose abov5 the levcros tHe sfitiildst
Of smalEtalk...
Thodgft he.Ha always seof.iea 10 lhck
Sneihess abfAty, MI. Randall was no
fool. aud he fotifid hImselE evctipR after.
evening turning from Miss MhIWell's
yapld talk 10 the fresh strong mind that
5hone Though het ntihft tg Conversation:
Kiss H&rte wds an, accomeiibhed
9huslci1ns with a. f1dit cSntralto yofce:nnd
lbve OF biusic had ailYayg amounted to- a
passion With M RehHaIi; SO tkcro 'vns
stfoIs8 bond OF SYMPATHY thefe.-
Tho summer wors away pfeagnnt,y,
fnd II was only wheh, closed cottages
and q deserted beach tod OF departing
guests that Joseph Randall asked him,
sslf seriously h6W his Skinner Hlriataoh
Was to end.
He was nos d coKyslted mali; ySt
Mnude MAXWELL had l6t him sec very
plainly that she- had o preference for
his society and attentions. Yet he
shrank from the prospect OF wife. with
no idea above dress and gayety, how
ever richly ehe might be lowered.
Loving neither. In tho true sefiso OF
tho word. he certainly found norc pleas
dre In the society of the older lh,iy, and
chen little demon of policy whisijSrcd
TO him that. after all; tho money was
Miss Harte's. and; With her social POSI-
tlon and, REAL Gttfh ctlbns, she might
marry, and so deprive Maudo; or her
supposed ihhcr1tanc5.
twas trhe that she wat- old enough to
be his mother; but handsome woman,
and one 80 thoroughly tasteful In dress.
could always appear younger than actual
years whffhnted. and-he liked nor !;
yes. he certainty respected and liked
her..